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40 on her parents’ farm outside of Woden. The daughter of Harry and Jenny (Oster) Renicker, she was the youngest of six children.

While raising her own two daughters, Becky and Donna, Betty met Norm Ottman who also had two daughters, Deb and Rhonda. Betty and Norm were married in August of 1980. Together they became the parents of Gary and Todd; sadly, Todd died shortly after birth. Norm and Betty divorced years later.

In 2000, Betty met Jack Newton. When he retired they relocated to Hartley where Betty’s daughter was living. Jack and Betty enjoyed traveling together and seeing new plac...